Limits of Military Intervention

Abstract

The threatened and actual use of force in international relations has traditionally operated under real and self imposed limitations. With the advent of nuclear weapons, it becomes even more important to analyze the limitations which condition the scope and pattern of military intervention. It is the purpose of this study to apply and interdisciplinary social science frame of reference to the limits and potentials of military intervention by the United States. The approach was to conduct research symposia which brought together social scientists and military specialists. The end product was the development of an interrelated series of analytic studies which emphasized hypotheses concerning the changing role of force and military intervention in international relations. These studies highlight the increased limitations on the use of military intervention; however, to assert the increased limitations on the use of force is hardly to deny its crucial and fundamental role in the contemporary world community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039027

Entities

People

  • Sam C. Sarkesian

Organizations

  • Loyola University Chicago

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Cold War
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Sciences
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design